tigerose:Sickapie: Thank you all for the kind words of encouragement! I had all your names typed out and the web paged crashed. Booo! Ah well. I think in the back of my mind, I know it's going to be ok, but when I'm in "Mom-Mode", I'm in a different mindset.

Now to catch up on the rest of the thread....

Mom mode is good though. With Mom mode you aren't going to settle for "we don't know" you will keep pickin and squawkin until someone comes up with an answer. It's what we do. *places onion on belt* When my kid was young, we had all sorts of people telling us that he had this or that, I kept saying, "I think he is gifted, and very frustrated in his classroom. Why don't you give him extra work, so he is busy". I fought like crazy to get him into the gifted program in Middle School. I called the board, I demanded they test him. They did. The "shrink" that did the testing said to me, "Oh yeah, he's precociously gifted verbally, has an incredible knowledge base. No wonder he doesn't relate well to his peers!" Best thing I ever did.

So, you go girl! ((hug))

Wow. Good for you! Little Pie is gifted as well. They tested her in Kindergarten. She likes her new school so much that she wants to continue to go back. Now she thinks her regular school is boring! lol These gifted schools are great in that they stimulate their brains where their normal schools don't.

Sickapie:Well, I got the phone call that I've been waiting for today. The hospital that Little Pie needs to go to for her eating/swallowing problem called and set up an initial visit with the 3 of us. It's in Evansville, IN (abt. 4.5 hrs. away). Once that visit happens, they can determine how long she has to stay there. Thankfully, she'll be outpatient, which means I get to stay with her (at the Ronald McDonald House across the street from the hospital), so it won't be too traumatic for her.

She starts her anti-anxiety meds tomorrow, so pray to Ceiling Cat for me that that goes well!

tigerose:Eli update! He has mild conjunctivitis, although vet did not see anything on the eye, no ulcers etc. It might just have been an irritation (environmental). So, eye drops three times per day for 3 days and then if the eye looks clear, twice a day until next week..*sigh* Eli really flinched when the doc examined his eye, despite the fact that his eyeball was numb at the time. Our vet said, "He really should not be feeling that!" He was very careful with him after that. Good thing too, he flinched again when he looked under the upper eye lid.

So glad that Eli will be ok.

Have fun with the drops! j/k if he gives you trouble, try wrapping him up in a towel.

lethological_lassie:quantum_jellyroll: OMG! I got an early morning text that interrupted my sleep. I went outside to call them, and the little feral cat that has always stayed at least 10 feet from me, has come over and flopped over and started begging for pets. If it wasn't a male, I'd swear it was in heat! He's meowing, trolling, rubbing my leg, and begging to be petted some more. I'm flabbergasted.

YAY! Timing may be the key? Cue Diana Ross singing "Touch me in the Morning..."

tigerose:Eli update! He has mild conjunctivitis, although vet did not see anything on the eye, no ulcers etc. It might just have been an irritation (environmental). So, eye drops three times per day for 3 days and then if the eye looks clear, twice a day until next week..*sigh* Eli really flinched when the doc examined his eye, despite the fact that his eyeball was numb at the time. Our vet said, "He really should not be feeling that!" He was very careful with him after that. Good thing too, he flinched again when he looked under the upper eye lid.

Ugh! I do not have fond memories of putting drops in cat eyes.Hope it goes easier for you. At least he can't spit it out like a pill...in and done.

quantum_jellyroll:OMG! I got an early morning text that interrupted my sleep. I went outside to call them, and the little feral cat that has always stayed at least 10 feet from me, has come over and flopped over and started begging for pets. If it wasn't a male, I'd swear it was in heat! He's meowing, trolling, rubbing my leg, and begging to be petted some more. I'm flabbergasted.

Eye drops number three, and Eli is getting wise to the fact they are coming! :) Just in time for poor hubby to have to take over the job...At least I will be able to do it Sat. a.m. before Boy and I go to visit my folks. I love my folks, but sometimes the onion on their belt gets really odiferous!

Then I leave the room, saying I need to check my e-mail..and really I'm hiding out in Caturday. :)

The Ice Queen:Sorry, feeling a little stabby tonight (hormones don't help either)Just when I think its time that maybe I should settle down and what not instead of running away like the commitmentophone I am, my family reminds me why life is so much simpler as a singer

single Ice QueenPlus, I don't have to share my kingdom with an Ice King, HA!

FTFY.

/ there is a huge difference between being lonely and being alone// a lot of people can't comprehend the concept

Thank You! I missed you all as well :o)I've been down with a horrific summer cold the past two weeks. My sinuses are still hosed but at least I feel human again.It seems to be making the rounds. I know a lot of people that have had (and currently have) this beast.

Participation still might be spotty this weekend. I have rectum loads of stuff to do around the house.